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Helping scholars design and deliver insightful presentations | PhD candidate in visual storytelling at @uhasselt and @umsbe | @FWOVlaanderen grantee ×2
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Dec 7, 2022 15 tweets 6 min read
Academic research gets easier day by day. All thanks to AI tools like @scispace_ co-pilot 👩‍✈️

Co-pilot can instantly answer your questions and simply explain scientific concepts as you read

Here’s how to get the most out of it:
(scroll for a giveaway!)

#OpenScience #phdplace 1⃣ Go to the main page of SciSpace (typeset.io) and type your keywords
Dec 4, 2022 9 tweets 7 min read
Writing a literature review can be overwhelming...

These tools will help you with each review part: from keyword selection to reporting 🪡

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdvoice #phd #phdchat #litreview #OpenScience #litreview 1. Formulate your query

Formulate your search strings in a transparent, easy-to-understand, and scalable way at 2dsearch.com

It shows a visual representation of your search string and converts it to fit any database of your choice Image
Nov 13, 2022 6 tweets 5 min read
Writing a literature review is not rocket science. Most scholars just don’t know where to start 🚀

Here’re four tools that will help you turn a literature review into an enjoyable process:

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdvoice #phd #phdchat #litreview 🔺 litmaps.com: shows you all the articles on your topic and cross-citation. Search using keywords, DOI, titles, and authors to visualize your field of interest
Nov 8, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
In the last 6 months

I spoke with >100 PhD candidates from different unis, fields, and at different stages of their journey 🎓

Here is the list of the common problems we experience to convince you you're not alone (+ tips on how to deal with them):

PART I

#phdvoice #phdchat 1. No onboarding, having to piece together all the info
How do the printers work? What is FAIR data? For most of us, there was no comprehensive onboarding that'd explain how the academic environment works
💡Tip: team up with a more senior PhD student to get some lifehacks
Nov 6, 2022 9 tweets 5 min read
Academic writing is a superpower. It's a key to publishing, getting a new job or tenure, and becoming known in the field

These 10 AI-powered websites will help you with EVERY part of your manuscript and will save you 100+ hours:

#openscience #AcademicTwitter #phdvoice #phdchat 1. Title: level up your article title at headlines.coschedule.com
Nov 4, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
I've designed more >10K slides over the last five years.

Here is the exhaustive list of sources I used to make them stand out, from templates to AI-generated music:

#presentation #academicpresentation #AcademicTwitter #openscience #phdchat Choose one of the many customizable templates and go beyond powerpoint slides:
Oct 28, 2022 18 tweets 4 min read
#Marketing scholars! Marketing research priorities for 2022-2024 are out 👇 Simplified version with examples of research questions below:

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #OpenScience #phdvoice #phdchat #phdforum #research #researchers 1⃣ Data challenges: new privacy regulations, no access to third-party cookies, and new post-covid advertising models
Oct 27, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
Failed to find an image for your academic presentation here? I'll show you how AI can draw your wildest fantasies 🤖🧵

#AcademicTwitter #academicpresentation #phdlife #phd #AI #presentationdesign @PhDVoice @firstphdchat 🥇imgcreator.zmo.ai is so far the best AI image generator I’ve seen. You can select the theme, style, and size of the output image

Look at the “cat in a funny hat studies marketing” and “horse is writing an academic paper with her supervisor”! ImageImage
Oct 25, 2022 7 tweets 5 min read
Struggling to design an impressive academic presentation? Here are my go-to tools that will help you get started, success guaranteed

It's a 🧵

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter @PhDVoice
@ThePhDPlace @OpenAcademics #academicpresentation 1⃣ if you’re not a visualization nerd and need an intuitive tool that does the job: use canva.com for stunning templates, easy edits, trendy font combinations, and styles